Yellow-fronted barbet


The yellow-fronted barbet is an Asian barbet, which is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka, where it inhabits subtropical and tropical moist forests, wetlands, plantations and rural gardens up to an altitude of.
It has green plumage with a yellow crown and blue patches below the eyes, on the throat and the chin. It is long and weighs. It feeds on berries, fruits and occasionally insects. It nests in a tree hole, where it lays 2-3 eggs.

In culture

In Sri Lanka, this bird is known as mukalang kottoruwa - මූකලන් කොට්ටෝරුවා in Sinhala language. Yellow-fronted barbet appears in a 5 rupee Sri Lankan postal stamp,